Discursive as the dawn

I have just taken pictures expressing the personalities of each of the characters in The Lord of the Rings. What am I even doing with my life? Still, most of them were quite genius, if I do say so myself. Especially Bill the Pony. That was a good un. And the fake beard I made for Gandalf... Now that was haute couture right there! Man, I sure do love winter break. Best time in my life.

I'm reading Atlas Shrugged now. I want to finish it before break ends. So far, I've been making good progress. Would it be a terrible thing to admit that I quite like the book? It's very interesting, and I'm not hampered by having any affection for any of the characters, and there's something delightfully illicit about reading Ayn Rand (especially in this household). I might name my nonexistent daughter Dagny. I like the name. Hopefully it doesn't mean anything scurrilous. But what if I've encountered a dilemma? What if I become a money grubbing capitalist forevermore, entranced by filthy lucre and caring nothing for love and feeling? What if I never find a husband? That would be ok, actually. I'd be just fine with that. We must all eschew love with a firm hand. And besides, even those capitalists found love in a hopeless place. If effing Francisco can do it, so too can I (I really don't like Francisco). Wait, but is that the point of the book? Are we supposed to dislike the characters? Maybe it's too show us how bad everything is. Well, yes, I guess it is. So is that the point? But then, sometimes I do like them (some of them anyway). Like, aww, little capitalists, they're so cute. So maybe that's not the point. Or is it just me reacting to them wrong? I do that. Or maybe I'm overthinking the whole thing...

I'm taking an online calculus course now. Like, literally, right now. I should be doing the problem sets, but it's really hard to focus. Damn, what if I got a disorder? I'm doing like five things at once here. And I feel that I am doing none of them well. I mean, I have a 90 in the course so far. That's just not like me! Well, maybe it is. Cuz, uh, it's math and all. But for reals, it should be higher! Ugh.

I turned off the heat awhile ago, because I want to save as much money as possible, and our gas bill is too damn high (cue Herman Cain jpeg), but someone has turned it back on. Do they want to heat me out of house and home? We must be men here, and men do not mind the cold more than they would mind another human being. Something must be done! However, I'm not the one to do it, because I've just got comfortable here, and I don't want to move. Perhaps I will do it later (that's my rallying cry).

Wellp, off to do some more calculus! I gotta get this done man. It's as easy as pi and will pad up my resume. So here we go. Off to differentiate! Just kidding. We're not there yet. He's still explaining what functions are. Oh dear...